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Amy Tan is an American writer, novelist, essayist, and screenwriter born in Oakland, California, on February 19, 1952. She is a citizen of the United States and speaks English and Mandarin. Tan’s professional career began in 1989, and she is recognized for her work in the field of essays. Her notable work includes *The Joy Luck Club*.
Tan received her education at San Jose State University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among her honors are the National Humanities Medal and induction into the California Hall of Fame. Her religious affiliation is with the Baptists.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952
- Works
- 55
Top works
- The Valley Of Amazement
- Xi fu hui
- Những linh cảm bí ẩn
- Untitled Amy Tan
- Opposite of Fate
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Film & TV
Writing · Oakland, California, USA
Known for
- M on the Bund — Self2024
- Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir — Self2021
- The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin — Self2017
- Brainwave2011
- Hollywood Chinese — Self2007
- The Joy Luck Club — Party Guest (uncredited)1993
- The Rock Bottom Remainders — Self1992
- The Simpsons — Amy Tan (voice)1989
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 796
- Total plays
- 3,844
Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: Tán Enmei; Cantonese Yale: Taam Yanmei; born February 19, 1952) is a Chinese American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. In 1993, Tan's adaptation of her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, became a commercially successful film. The book has been translated into 35 languages. Tan has written several other bestselling novels, including The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter and Saving Fish From Drowning. <a hr
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
· 2016 · cited 32,833x
- A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
· 2020 · cited 22,146x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,854x
- Dynamic capabilities and strategic management
· 1997 · cited 19,798x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,960x
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Quotes
- “My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the Joy Luck Club. I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty since she died two months ago. My father thinks she was killed by her own thoughts.”
- “Over the years, she told me the same story, except for the ending, which grew darker, casting long shadows into her life, and eventually into mine.”
- “Your father is not my first husband. You are not those babies.”
- “Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.”
- “I was no longer scared. I could see what was inside me.”
- “After the gold was removed from my body I felt lighter, more free. They say this is what happens if you lack metal. You begin to think as an independent person.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Amy Ruth Tan , ( 1952-02-19 ) February 19, 1952 (age 74) , Oakland, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- Education
- San Jose State University ( BA , MA )
- Notable works
- The Joy Luck Club (1989), The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001)
- Notable awards
- National Humanities Medal
- Spouse
- Lou DeMattei (m. 1974)
- Traditional chinese
- 譚恩美
- Simplified chinese
- 谭恩美
- Hanyu pinyin
- Tán Ēnměi
- Jyutping
- Taam4 Jan1mei5
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Official website
Amy Tan’s website
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Encyclopedic overview
Website www.amytan.net
Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.
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